"手水" meaning in Japanese

See 手水 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [te̞mʲizɨ] Forms: 手水 [canonical] (ruby: (), (みず)), temizu [romanization]
Etymology: By surface analysis, 手 (te, “hand”) + 水 (mizu, “water”). Etymology templates: {{surf|ja|手|水|t1=hand|t2=water|tr1=te|tr2=mizu}} By surface analysis, 手 (te, “hand”) + 水 (mizu, “water”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|てみず}} 手(て)水(みず) • (temizu)
  1. Washwater, water used for washing one's hands.
    Sense id: en-手水-ja-noun-wA3MifAc Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 13 2 38 2 3 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 15 2 36 3 4 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 15 2 37 2 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 21 11 18 10 16 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 15 4 33 4 6 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 15 2 37 2 4 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 68 28 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 8 3 40 3 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 12 2 40 2 3 1
  2. The use of water to moisten mochi when kneading it.
    Sense id: en-手水-ja-noun-KR0kUJtC Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 13 2 38 2 3 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 15 2 36 3 4 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 15 2 37 2 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 21 11 18 10 16 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 15 4 33 4 6 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 15 2 37 2 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 12 2 40 2 3 1
  3. The water used for doing so.
    Sense id: en-手水-ja-noun-Rw3axNRj Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 21 11 18 10 16 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [t͡ɕo̞ːzɨ] Forms: 手水 [canonical] (ruby: 手水(ちょうず)), chōzu [romanization]
Etymology: Shift from 手(て)水(みず) (temizu) above. Etymology templates: {{ja-r|手%水|て%みず|linkto=#Etymology 1}} 手(て)水(みず) (temizu) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ちょうず}} 手水(ちょうず) • (chōzu)
  1. Washwater, water used for washing one's hands.
    Sense id: en-手水-ja-noun-wA3MifAc1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 38 13 2 38 2 3 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 15 2 36 3 4 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 37 15 2 37 2 4 3 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 21 11 18 10 16 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 33 15 4 33 4 6 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 15 2 37 2 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 8 3 40 3 5 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 12 2 40 2 3 1
  2. (euphemistic) The act of excretion or going to the washroom. Tags: euphemistic
    Sense id: en-手水-ja-noun-pecDp7-W Categories (other): Japanese euphemisms
  3. (euphemistic) The act of excretion or going to the washroom.
    feces or urine
    Tags: euphemistic Synonyms: 大小便
    Sense id: en-手水-ja-noun-k2MzVzTI Categories (other): Japanese euphemisms, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 18 21 11 18 10 16 5
  4. A lavatory. (toilet, bathroom, etc.) Synonyms:
    Sense id: en-手水-ja-noun-s511NAwa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for 手水 meaning in Japanese (3.8kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "手水",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.